Ultra high erequency apparatus



Febr?,r 1950 J. R. WOODYARD ULTRA HIGH lFREQUENCY APPARATUS Filed sept. 2o, .194e

INVENTOR A/OHN WOODYQRD ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 7, 1950 PATENT oli-Hice angosce UETRAHIGH APPARATUS Rt. Enkelen, Calif, assignon tm The Snerm'Connonwtionga corporation of.Dela.-

Applioatioir-Sent'emliemz 1.a (orma-4st This inventienf relates 'tot ultra--higlr-requencys y Wall of? a sectiorr offwave guide or: tiief'outeir conductor' of? a section; off coaxial line (both ott f which will hereinafter be t'ermedi transmissiom lines)'. This narrowf slot-permits: a. pickup de:-r vice; such as ai prodes or' loop,` to be` inserted intw the sectionofftransmissionf. line inrordei-tomeassure the electric tieliiv atvar-'ionsl positions,E along? this section= To-prevent=radiatiorr of' trier`l energie" conducted or guided by-'fthe'ftransmissioir linee, thee 1E;

slot is usuallyfmade very narrow: However; ast

a. resultoff suclr anarrow slot; littl'ei energy#x is;

pickedupbyf theA probe or loopfunless itt is aus# tuallyfinse'rted through7 theL slot'v directlyf into tlie 1 transmission line itself Such'J piclfsupr` insertion brings about several undesirable but directlyfre sulting efeotss. First, tirepresencerof'tirepicluo device vWithin the; transmission linecauses the. electricv Held? patterny to be' distorteri, which. turn'. may' result iirincorrect fieldstrenetl' read?- ings. Another" undesirable result-ofi. proief insetv tion`A is realized as tlie probe is movedlongitudiinallyalong the slotted? line1 While malt-irrey stamt ingA wave ratiox measurements; the'f probe ex@ tendsint'o'- the electric iieiivwithiir the transmiss-v sion line; great care must bev taker-rito maintaiir. the probedepth" constant as itis moved` lonen-l t'udinallyV along: theK line; Gtlerwlse; the elect-ric: field: strength variationsF which then probe exper-ii'- encesrwill not 'be entirely due to-'tovvariatlons ref subtracting' from it`Av depending upon the. plissee oir' the current; Phiscurrent-owfisf extremelyftmw blesome" since theI contact resistance between;

` probley carriage andiy the: transmission line. varies;A

with pressurey wear; andi the:` degree of: bright nessf or the sliding' contact'itself., rIhus; suocese sive dield" strength-readings; under otherwise;v similar conditions mayvary/considerablyV because of i variations inl this current flow;

These difiicultiesaree overcome to; ai suhstairw extent inI tfl'iev present inventionbys providing ai standing 'wa-ve: detector4A inir which: the probe.A doesr` not protrudel into titei main transmissiom lineet Furthermore, severalinew.; advantageousrf'eaturess over oonventionalf-standing-- wave detectors; are realized by the present imlention- Amongftliesef. are' greaterprobeeexcitaton, a' provision: for linear attenuationx of;` prob-e1 excitation; andiA the possibility' off making: standing` Wave ratio measures:- ments' using the-so-cal1eci- 'constant'Y deflection!" method.-

Itis, thereioreean object of tliepresentinvent` tienI tov provide a standing wave detector-having. a@ moving pic-:leon` device which is relatively(z in [26'. sensitive to vert-ical andi tangential displacementery Another object' of theV present;inventiongrovid'e astanding'Wave` detectorv in whiohr thee pickup device is' able tolrespond toflongitudinal 3.ot variations of el'ectr-icileld strength. in a transe sul'tingfronr 1ongitudinalE displacement of"l theirY probe but Will be due inpart-to the variations: im probe depth or' vertical' displacementas: it; moved longitudinally.y When. one considers the magnitude of the vertical or radialeld gradient in most transmission systems: it is easilyA seen that even verymi'nute' displacementsof the prolief in its vertical orradial position' as it isfv movedi. longitudinallymalte` it; very diilicult: to` recognize those longitudinal electriovariatious: due to. .A

presence of standing' waves:

Another source'- or error and contriluting` liao:-y

torV in erraticu opera-tion of conventional standing;

wave detectors: results from current flow-V front one side'of the-slot' totile: other through thecslid' ing contacts of the' probe carriager and through; the body of theprobe" carriage itself,` i'fitbe corn' structed ofa conductingV materiali. s ucli current may easily. change the electric' field; strength Within the transmission line either adding toor' mission: system without" distorting the electrics iield therein;

Still another obectf isl to provide a; standlnw` wave detectorirrwhich the pickup device receivers` ample excitation without" the necessity of itsv protrading'l into'v the transmission line-V itself?.

A* further object' ofi' thev present. invention ist tor provide'x al standing/ Wave detector lia'fvingfa'Y pickup' device-carriagewitlr af sliding contact area, in which'A little or ne curren'i'il flows throught the@ carriage or across the sliding Contact' surface thel carriage.k v

Tlieinvention) inanother of itsh aspects relatesi to novel features of the instrumentalitiesf` de"- scribed hereinfor4 achieving the; principal@ objects ofitiieh invention and to novel.V principlesen'rployed inl those instrumentalities; vvlietlierv or not these.i

features andprinciples'a-re used for the saiclprirm cipal" objects ory in ther` said field.

A further objectof' the inventionI isto lrgrovirie,n improved apparatusv and' instrumentalities: ein--v Undying novel' featuresy and' principles, adapted for use' in realizing the above objects and also-- adapted; for use in other fields.

yA still furtherobject ofthe invention' is'toMproline in which itis desired to measure the Istand ing waveV ratio or electric field strength.-v ATh1 f'- wave guide section is mounted so that it is coupled at one end to the transmission line by means l' of the customary longitudinal slot in the wall oi the transmission line. The other end of the wave guide is left open and supports a movablecarf..

riage for the energy pickup device. Y

In a standing wave detector constructed in this manner it is unnecessary for the pickup element to protrude inside the transmission line in which it is desired to measure the standing wave ratio. r

This eliminates the possibility of distorting the field pattern within the transmission line. Furthermore, while the pickup element responds to variations in the energy measured along the line itself, it is possible to decrease the sensitivity of the element to displacements normal to the direction of energy propagation Within the line.

--The achievement of these and other objects by the present invention will become more apparent from the description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. l is aperspective view partially in section ofa standing wave detector employing a preferred f orm. of the present invention in which a coaxial-- type transmission line isused,

aFig. 2 is a cross-section of the detector shown inFig. 1, taken along line 2,-2, and

Fig. 3 is a cross-section of another type of standing. wave detector employing a preferred embodiment of the'present invention in which the transmission line is of the wave guide type. Referring now more particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawing, there is shown a perspective View, partially in section, of a standing wave detector embodying the present invention in a preferredA form. In this embodiment, a section of coaxial transmission line IIJ is provided having an inner conductor II and an outer conductor I2. For purposes of simplification, the end joints or couplings of coaxial line section I have beenomitted as well as the inner conductor supports. A 1ongitudinal slot I3 is provided in the outer cond uctor I2. coaxial line I0 to a wave guide section I4 formed of two rectangular conducting plates I and I6. Each of these rectangular plates I5 and I6 has one of itsv longer edges joined to the outer conductor I2 along the edge of slot I3, making their separation distance D equal to the slot width. 'I his separation distance D corresponds to the thickness of ,wave guide section I4, whosewidth W is the same as the length of slot I3 and whose, length L is measured normal to the axis of co-V axial linesection I0, parallel to the plates I5 and I6.'

A probe carriage I1 is mounted on the free end 2 5 of Wave guide section I4 which is left open,v

theother free edges of plates I5 and I6 being connected by. closure plates. Its longitudinal position may be varied by rotating a knob I8,

amasar This slot I3 couples the section of 4 Coaxial line section 30 passes vertically through probe carriage I1, and may have its vertical position controlled by a knob 3I fixed to a gear 32 by a shaft 33 which is supported by bearings 34 5 and 35, mounted on the top of probe carriage I1.

Rotation of knob 3I moves the coaxial line section 30 along a vertical line by Virtue of the gear 32,;.meshlngwith rack-like. portion` 3S formed in oterconductor 31 of section 30.

Reference to Fig. 2, which is a cross-sectional :"fview of Fig. 1 taken along line 2-2, shows coaxial line section 30 in greater detail. Inner ""co'nductor' 38V -is rigidly and coaxially supported ',fwithinouter conductor by insulating beads 39 rlsand 40.= Pickup probe 4I is formed by the extension of inner conductor 38 beyond the end of outer conductor 3 1 which is inside wave guide 'section I4. u

The outer end of movable coaxial line section 30 may be formed in any conventional manner,

so that itmay be connected to a suitable indicating element. Inpractice, a flexible coaxial line could be used to connect coaxial line section to the indicating element, in which case outer` simplicity, the indicating element and connecting meansare omitted from the drawings, and the outer en d of center conductor 38 is shown exto tending beyond the outer end of outer conductor 31.

v As is well known, excitation of a wave guide dimensioned belowT cutoff for a particular mode will result in creating fields within the guide, but gl.; there will b e no real propagation of energy in that mode. These excited fields within such a wave guide diminish in amplitude exponentially with .distance from the point of excitation, which in this case would be the end of the Wave guide coupled to the longitudinal slot in the transmission line. The excited fields will be maximum at the slot and decrease with distance measured along the guide and normal to the line having the slot. If E0 is considered to be the electric field excited at-the end of the guide, measured at a partcula;` point along the exciting slot, the electriceld Ewithin the guide at a distance Z down the guide from the excited end is given by:

where a isl a function of the wavelength of the exciting energyand the cutoff wavelength of the guide itself for the mode which the system is attempting to excite within the guide and e is the base of the natural logarithm. Since Eo is considered to be the field excited by the energy within the transmission line at a particular point along the transmlssion'line, longitudinal variations in the energy within the transmission line, 7c such as wouldbe the case if standing waves existed, would cause a corresponding variation in Ec. If the electric eld is measured within the excited wave guide at various positions along its width at a constant distance Z1 from the exciting 7.3 slot, the same longitudinal variation in electric eil'- willi lie-found' as inEf itself', by' an amount-'- dependant upon'. the value of.' Zit. andi w. Thus', longitudinali variations: inf the' eneergy' withinY the' transmission.' line may bef meerr ured by measuring' the1 variations.' in.L the.- excited electricield within4 the' coupled. waveguide atei. fixed distance, Z, along the wave guide fromtheexcitedend'..

The measured e'ld" streng-th' within thei guide;f oi'l course, will alsova'ry' as the pickup devicef is; moved4 (vertica'llyl'v from the excited: endi ofi the guide", asZ isfincreas'edi Thefratat thi's change' occurs will' depend upon. the. conrastant a. Since w i's dependant uponlthe' cutoffwavelengthzo'fthe. guide; itsvaluecanfbechangedi by' changing the physical dimensions'. of the guide; By' making: this. rate suihcie'ntiy small; it#e is poss'ilile: to make thepickfup devi'cerelativelyr insensitive to vertical displacements within the'L guide, that i's in'- the Zv direction, without-change ing' its response tolongitudinal variation of ther' excited eld within the guide; this longitudinal? variation being' caused by: corresponding' longitudinal energy variations within the' transmis sion line.

Inoperation, coaxial line section Il) is inserted"I in tandem int'o a coaxial? line transmission sys'-A t'em= whose standing. wave ratio' it' is desiredV to# measure. The electromagnetic energy' whichv passes through lineisec'tioi'i I-Il attempts to excitea the waveguide section I4* through slot' I'Z and' cau'se` propagation vertically upward: a-long' itsf length to the open end'v 25. Since" the deptli' D"of this' wave guide' section I# is purposely kept sufficiently small' so that the` guide is' dlmen sioned belowcutoii, there will b'eno real' propa gation of energy' down its' length'. The dimension of depth D is determined from" the following' relationz' .2W WMM-*'- Taf-f i/m .o")

where Ac is the cut-off wavelength, W is' the'- width dimension' of the wave guide* section', D' is' the depth dimension of the" wave' guide' sec-- tion', and' m' and n are the first and second' sub`= scripts describing the'v mode' of' the eif'acl'fromag-v neti'c' energy with which the wave guidel I4 is ex`- r cited.

By proportioning' the dimensions oi" the wave`v guide' section I4' so' that' M is smaller' than the wavelength o'f'the energy conveyed by the transmission line II, I2v of Fig. I (or line 50 of Fig. 3'0", an' electric' eld is excited' within the guide sec'- t'io'n' I4' which decreases in amplitude exponen'- tially with' distance' away' from the slot. I3 toward open' end' 25'. The' pickup probe 4I responds to' the' electric 'eld strengthv within the' wave' guide square of. the electric field strength at the. point of. pickup, the resulting decrease inplckup or. attenuation, measured in decibels, due to the ver-f tical motion ot the probeA is' a.. linea-r. function. of thedstance: which the: probe is displaced; gives. a very' convenient method of varying. the:v

6. amount of energy' piok'upi off probe1 4I at.- point' along its: longitudinal. path'.

AsA the probe carriage'.` Ill i'sl moved? longitu dinall'y, that'. is'; along' the width'f of wavel gui'de section I4, the pickup probewill respond to1on'- gitudinal variations` in' the' electric.ilel'dexcited within th'ewave guide* sectionl I4. Since this# electric field' isiexcit'edliyf thee'ldg within the co1 axial line'. sectionl I0; anyf'lon'gitudinal': variations measured? within. the: wave guide section f4' are'. the result off corresponding longitudinal'- energy.Jv variations-within the# line'. section Il). Thus, Bye' moving prole carriage II alongv the width on wave guid'esection Mbyrotation ofl knot4 I8. the? presenceof' standing' waves' within the transmission system are detected", and by' measuring ther' magnitude of' energy' picked up byf proloe-v dlf'at? variousl points aiong' the wave guide section" ME. the standing' wave' ratio` itself' may be deterv mined. For measurement purposes' a'l scale 2T may be provided'. on the outer face of' rack-dike@ portion 2 I- which acts' in conjunction with` index? 2`8 on support 2'2.

Although the pickup element in this' embodiment is' shown' as' a probe which responds to the electric 'el'd at the point of' pickup; any' other' type ci pickupz device' might be' used, such as a'. small pickup' loop.

The' amount of excitation whichl slot I3- givesi to wave guide'V section' I4' is' dependent' upon' its' width. Since' theexcited' electric field' diminishes exponentially; there` is' little danger of r9:- diation from the' open endE 25, even though the' slot width D' is' much' greater' than that providedi in" conventional' slotted' standing wave detectors; Increased' excitation is helpful if the standing; wave ratio to' be" measured. is' l'ow.' On the other hand', there is little' danger of excessive excita,- tion since intentional. vertical displacement of' the pickup probe providesa; convenient method of attenuation.

The attenuation due. t`o`. the vertical displacement. of the pickup probe not only' removes tl'i danger of.` excessive. excitation, but. permits measurements to be made using the constant deiiect'ion method' of measurement. As is welll known,` any nonlinearit'y of the detecting. or inm dic'ating element will give rise to errors in meas.- urement unless properly corrected. By nonlinearity is meant that the output of the indieating element will' not correspond exactly profportionally to changes in the electric field?. strength as the probe is moved, but corresponds in some nonlinear fashion depending upon the characteristics of the rectifying unit used in.

the outputindicating. element. Therefora. the point to point measurements must. be. corrected; if they are to give a true. indication of the corresponding pointy to point variation: inelectric' eld. strength.

Byusing the vertical` displacement. attenuation:- properties. of the present invention,. such. a cor-- rection may be. eliminated. What is done, ine

S stead`,..is to. displace the pickup probe in. a vertical: direction to oiset the changes-inthe output read' readings. -For convenience, in such measurements a decibel scale 42-maybe provided on the wall of outer conductor 3l which acts in conjunction with 4an adjustable-pointer 43 which serves as a fiducial point.

Another advantage of the present invention over conventional slotted ntype standing wave detectors is- -in the elimination or minimizing of current flow through theprobe carriage from one side ofthe slot to the other. -This current flow is a possible source of error since it may easilyl change the f1eld lwithin the transmission line with a corresponding error in field strength readings. .Y By supporting the probe carriage l1 at the open end 25 vof wave guide section I4 there is little likelihood of current ilow through the probe carriage .11. This isbecause of the exponential. decay of the field within Wave guide section I4. By making the length of this section M suiiicient to preventeneraffromradiating out the open end 25; the field strength at that point is suiciently W so that very little current will iiow from wave guide wall l5 to wave guide wall I 6 through the probe carriage i1. Y.

-In order'to prevent apsharp impedance discontinuity along'lthecoaxial line, it is advisable to produce a method of changing gradually froml the characteristic impedance of the unslotted section of transmissionline to the characteristic impedance of the slotted section of transmission line. One' such method'isfto'provide a tapered section a't each end of 'the slotted section, allowing the slot widthto decrease gradually. By

means of such a'tap'ered section" it is possible to change from the characteristic impedance of the' slotted section to'the lcharacteristic impedance of; the unslotted section 'without a sharp change whichwould increase the standing wave ratio f the system.

j Fig'. 3 showsacrosssection of 'another version of the present invention in Vwhich the transmission line consists of a section of rectangular wave guide 50. As the embodiment V'shown in Figs. 1'" and 2, a slot 5l is'providedfi'n the wall 52 of waveguide section 5l). The slot 5I excites cutoff wave guide section'53 formed by Walls 54 and 55. A probe carriage56 is mounted across the open endl 51 of Wave guidesectiorl 53 and supports coaxial line section 3U formed of outer conductor 31 and inner conductor 38 held rigidly in coaxial relationship by insulating beads 39 and 48. Inner' conductor 38 extends slightly beyond the end of outer conductor 37 to form pickup probe 4|-,

This wave guide type detector operates in the same manner as the coaxial type shown in Figs.'-

l and 2. It is placed in tandem into a wave guide ransmission system whose standingfwave ratio it is desired to measure. As in the previous embodiment, the electromagnetic energy which passes through the wave guide section 50 excites' the wave guide section 53 through slot 5I. Since wave guide section 53 is dimensioned below cutoff,there is no-propagation vertically along' it, but a stationary field is set up.l This excited iield diminishes in amplitude exponentially away from slot 5 l and has the same longitudinal variations in strength as that of the eld within propagating guide section 50. By moving pickup probe 4i. longitudinally within cut-off section 53, the horizontal variations in the ield may be measured.

As in the coaxial type of detector, the vertical sensitivity of the probe is decreased suiiiciently so that the indicated output does not vary with By using the vertical attenuating means, it is.

possible to make standing wave ratio measurements Icy-means of the constant deection method. -Although the slot 5| is wider than provided in conventional slotted standing Wave detector, there is little danger of radiation from thejopengend 51 of the cut-oli section 53 due tc the exponential decrease in induced or excited eld. Furthermore, because of the resulting minute field at the open end 5l of wave guide section 53, little or no current flows across from wall 54 to wall 55 through probe carriage 55. eliminating the possibilityl of errors from improper. current phasing and erratic contact res'lStances.

Although the plates I5 and I6 or 54 and 55 forming the below cut-0E wave guide sectionI diierent .embodiments of this invention could b e made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

F What is claimed is:

1. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus forvdetecting standing Waves in an electromagnetic energy transmission system, comprising a section of enclosed wave-energy conductor having an opening in the outer wall thereof, said section of conductor beingl adapted to propagate wave energy along its vlongitudinal axis, a wave guide section of 'substantially rectangular cross-section positioned to be excited at one end through said openingby the wave-energy fields Within said first-mentioned section of conductor, said Wave guide section being dimensicned below cut-off at the operating frequency for Wave-energy excited therein through said opening and having a length suil'icient to prevent the propagation of appreciable amounts of said wave-energy therethrough, and means movable along the opening in and along the longitudinal axis of said lirstmentioned wave-energy conductor for measuring the strength of the field produced insaid wave guide section vat a pluralityl of points within said wave guide section.

12. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus as in claim l wherein said opening in the outer Wall of enclosed Wave-energy conductor consists of a longitudinal .slot extending along the axis of said wave-energy conductor. .3.' Ultra-high-frequency apparatus as in claim 1' wherein said section of enclosed Wave-energy conductor is a coaxial transmission line.

` 4. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said section of enclosed wave-energy conductoris af hollow wave guide transmission line.

5;-Ultra-high-frequency apparatus comprising a section yof coaxial transmission line having a longitudinal slot in the outer wall .extending airing thezaxis-fthereofi therethrough at the.-y operating .edge joined. to -the respective ends of saidl slot-'and twoi edges joined tothe respective' endss rassegne? a first: rectangular' 'metal plate having one-l edge joined to the outer conductor of' said' coaxial; transmission line along one edge ofi said'` sl'ot andi extending the` length thereof', saidiplate.beingparallelto a-.planepassing throughltlie centenofsaidsectionof coaxial line and-.the center. line-ofi saidl longitudinal' slot, a. second rectangular -met'al plate having onedge joined. to the'outenconductorrofsaid coaxialfline .sectionalongV the remaining edgev ofV said.' slotand being:paralleltozsaidiirst plate; a pair offend v plates. each having one edge joined to' the outer conductorof said coaxialline section along the respective ends of saidlslotlandtwo:edges-joined totv the respective opposedv endsof-"said first and' second plates whichareadjacentftothe respective endszof said'slot, said 'rstandlse'cond-platesfand said lend plates` forming afisection: off' waveguide dimensioned' below cut-off at the operating-"frequency andhaving ai lengthy sufficient'. tof prevent the propagation of: appreciablel 'wave-energy frequency; andi a movable energy pick-up element between said plates",and'adapted toi measure the eld strength at a plurality of y points `within said section of wave guide.

6. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus.v y comprising a section of hollow rectangular wave-guide having a longitudinalslot. onewalLand extending alongthelengtlr metalsv plate having one edge: joined to said: section of.y wave. guida, said. plate: being normal? to saidslotted wall alongrone'iedge: of said-slot; a second rectangular metal. plate; having .oneedge -joined tov said. section. of wavetf said slotted wall. along the:y remaining; edgeof said slot, a pair of. end plates: each having-s one said rectanguiarwave guide along second plates which are adjacent to the respective ends of said slot, said first and second plates and said end plates forming a second section of wave guide dimensioned below cut-off at the operating frequency and having a length suflicient to prevent the propagation of appreciable waveenergy therethrough at the operating frequency, and a movable energy pick-up element between said plates and adapted to measure the field strength at a plurality of points within said second section of Wave guide.

'7. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus for detecting standing waves in an electromagnetic energy transmission system comprising a section of enclosed wave-energy conductor dimensioned to i propagate electromagnetic energy excited therein and having an opening in its outer wall, a section of rectangular wave guide conductor coupled to said section of enclosed wave-energy conductor through said opening, said wave guide being dimensioned below cut-off at the operating frequency and having a length sufficient to prevent propagation therethrough of the electromagnetic energy excited therein through` said opening, and means movable along the direction of propagation of the electromagnetic energy for measuring the strength of the excited field at a plurality of points within said section of wave guide conductor.

8. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said opening in the outer wall of said section of wave-energy conductor consists of a longitudinal slot extending along the axis of said section of wave-energy conductor.

9. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus comprising thereof, a rst rectangularl guide normal: v to 1 afirst'lsection of enclosed wave-energyl conductor erating frequency and having a length sufficient toprevent the propagation of appreciable waveenergy therethrough atv said operating.- frequency, and. means movablealong: the longitudinal axis of. said first section. of? conductor for measuring `the strength oi'the excited fieldv at? a pluralityA of points within. saidlsecondV section. l

10; An ultra-high-frequency apparatus; comprising, ai first section oi Wave-energy conductor .having an cpeningxirr its wall, saldi section being dimensioned4 to-V propagate wave energy: along its longitudinal axis;a;secondlse'ction ofwave-energy conductor'coupled by way offsaidv opening-to said first section, ,said second section being-a rectangular Wavel guide dimensioned to; operate below cut-offr at the4 operating'frequencyand havinga llength suincient to: prevent. propagationrtlierei through off the: wave-1energy'excited'y therein'f'a .carriage movable alongthe longitudinali axis of .said first sectiom. and a pick-up device: carried by. said carriage'. for measuring` the strength'v of VVthe excited field; within said.- second sectionf ata-a plurality 0f. pointsgtherein.

11x Ultra-higir-frequency apparatus as, in claim "10; further including mea-ns: for- -adjustably positioning said pick-up device along a: line-transversely# to the longitudinalv axis of said iirstsection of' conductor;

l2: Ultra-high-frequency apparatus-asl in` claim l0; wherein said opening comprises aslotzextending along the-longitudinal axis ori said rstsecation.

l' Ultra-highz-frequency:apparatusasain claim l1.0.; wherein .isaidf carriageisf` mounted on said'. sec'- ond section of conductor.

14. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus comprising a rst section of enclosed wave-energy conductor dimensioned to propagate energy along the longitudinal axis thereof and having an opening in its wall, a second section of wave-energy conductor coupled to said first section through said opening, said second section being a rectangular wave guide dimensioned below cut-01T at the operating frequency and having a length approximately equal to one-half wavelength at the operating frequency, and means movable along the longitudinal axis of said first section of conductor for measuring the strength of the excited field at a plurality of points within said second section.

15. Ultra-high-frequency apparatus comprising two mutually spaced conductive members having opposed surfaces of substantially rectangular shape, a pair of conductive end members having opposed surfaces respectively interconnecting the respective opposed narrow end portions of said first-named members, said firstnamed members and said end members constituting a below cut-off wave guide section at the operating frequency and having a length sufficient to prevent the propagation of appreciable wave-energy vtherealong at the operating frequency, a conductive rod extending substantially perpendicular to the length dimension of said wave guide section and substantially parallel to said first-named surfaces and in the proximity thereof, electromagnetic energy conveying means connected for supplying electromagnetic energy l l for setting up a travelling electromagnetic field between said rod and said surfaces, and a probe extending into the space between said surfaces and movable longitudinally of said rod for measluring the strength of the electromagnetic eld l in the space between said surfaces.

16. A standing-wave detector comprising two mutually spaced conductive members having .parallel opposed surfaces of substantially rectangular shape, a pair of conductive end members having parallel opposed surfaces respectively interconnecting the respective opposed narrow end portions of said rst-named members, said -rstnamed members and said end members constituting a below cut-01T wave guide section at 'the operating frequency and havinga length suf- I iicient to prevent the propagation of appreciable :wave-energy therealong at thel operating frequency, a conductive rod extending substantially lparallel to said rst-named surfaces and .ad-

jacent thereto and extending perpendicular to -the length dimension of said wave guide section, electromagnetic energy conveying means connected to the respective end members and to the respective ends of said conductive rod ,for supplying energy for establishing a travelling electromagnetic field between said rod and said surfaces and causing said electromagnetic field to be propagated longitudinally along the space between said rod and said rst-named surfaces, and a probe extending into the space between said surfaces and movable longitudinally of said rod for measuring the strength of the electro vmagnetic iield in the spacebetween said'surfaces.

17, Ultra-high-frequency apparatus comprising an electromagnetic energy transmission conduit for conducting travelling waves of ultrahigh-frequency energy along its longitudinal axis, said conduit including an outer conductor having an elongated slit therein parallel to its longitudinal axis, a rectangular wave guide section -having a pair otspaced substantially parallel conductive walls-extending along the sides of said elongated slit, saidiwave guide section being dimensioned below cut-oi at the operating frequency and having its length dimension perpendicular to said axis and parallel to said conductive walls, saidlength dimension being at least of the order of magnitude of the spacing between said walls and being at least of the order of magnitude of the maximum cross-sectional dimension of said conduit, the length of said slit and the coextensive dimension of said parallel walls being appreciably greater than the spacing between-said. walls, saidconduit including means for providing lines-of magnetic flux directed substantially perpendicularly between said walls in response to the energy conducted along the longitudinal axis of said conduit, and a movable kprobe extending substantially parallel to said conductive walls into the space between said walls for measuring the strength of the electromagnetic eld in the space between said Walls.

JOHN R. WOODYARD.

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